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Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Maxon / Ibanez SD9 Sonic Distortion

This is an awkward one to do a layout for because there seems to be so many schematics out there that the best one is always going to be a matter of personal preference. The original used one half of the opamp for the effect, and the other half for the bypass buffer, with a transistor buffer at the beginning and end of the circuit. This layout is based on the GGG schematic which has an input buffer only and because the layout is designed for use with a 3PDT true bypass switch it ignores the bypass buffering and so only uses one half of the opamp.

Video of rudeez's build:

Here is the version with transistor input and output buffers:

Both should fit comfortably in a 1590B.

Many people have reported good results without the output buffer, and so it may be worth trying the most simple option first to see if you're happy with it.

There are so many ways you could do this. Omit both transistors and use one half of the opamp as the input buffer with no output buffer. Have a transistor input buffer and the unused side of the opamp being used as an output buffer etc etc. The possibilities are endless.

Possible mods that have been suggested, if you find the effect muddy then consider swapping the 22u and 47u caps for 220n and 470n respectively (some people believe the 47u is definitely wrong and was actually .47u and just misread). It may be worth socketing those caps so you can experiment. Some people have reported that the 220p cap should in fact be 1n, but others have said it sounds better with that cap omitted entirely, so again it may be worth socketing so you can swap and remove to test. Suggested improvements to the tone control is to swap the 27n cap for 33n, and swap the 100n cap connected to Tone 1 to 47n. Socket and see.

32 comments:

So I've built the output bufferless version, and I'm currently effectless. It passes signal fine, and the LED lights up, but when engaged I get nothing. I've checked and double checked.. Can't find anything.. I'm using a 2n4401, is that the issue?

OK! so i have it passing signal now, but it sounds quite, fuzzy? and harsh. Has a considerable amount of gain with the poot at 0 (though I think that's the same with the original) and the volume and tone pots don't do a thing..

make sure you go back and look at every solder joint. you might have rows touching. the joint on the jumper that connects the 9v to the opamp looks particularly cold. perhaps it isnt grounded properly? the board, a lug on the switch (depending on the switch wiring diagram you used) and the dc jack ground all have to link together in some way.

Alright, I don't know what it is, I rebuilt it, and used one GE diode nte110a, and one LED. I can hear distortion behind the crazy oscillation and noise, but the volume and tone pots still dont work.. what am I supposed to be doing with the empty lugs on those two? and what am I doing wrong :(

Feel free to add it as a demovideo to the topic :)If i'm not mistaken (was some time since i made this one) i just put the stock clipping on there along with yellow led's in down position and non in middle ofc!

And for adjustments in mods in values I can't really remember what i put in of the above mentioned alternations, think I went with the 220pf at least... wish i made notes on the values :( Might have a photo of the board somewhere but i guess you won't be able to read the values from the caps and so on.

Built this some 4 years ago after another veroI used: for the diodes 1n4148+1n4148 in series with a white led in paralel, and changed the 22uf with a 200-220nf cap, the 50k pot with 100k, and the gain pot from 250k to approximately 330k. Something on the lines of that, and maybe tweaked the 220pf cap, but can't really remember haha

Hey all! Big fan of what you guys are doing. I own a Analogman modified SD-9. I really dig how there's no loss of bass response with this pedal. But the tone knob bothers me. Seems to be muddy or super thrill. What's your advice for making the tone knob more useable over the whole sweep without changing the characteristics of the gain structure?

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